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1 Consumer Credit sourcebook Chapter Financial promotions and communications with

2 Section.1 : Application.1 Application [Note: Until 1 March 2015, transitional provisions apply to CONC : see CONC TP 6.1].1.1 Who? What? This chapter, unless a rule in CONC specifies differently, applies to a firm..1.2 Under section 9() of the Act, a firm is responsible for financial promotions communicated by its appointed representatives when acting as such..1. This chapter, unless a rule in CONC specifies differently, applies to: (1) a communication with a customer in relation to a credit agreement; (2) the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion in relation to a credit agreement; () a communication with a customer in relation to credit broking; (4) the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion in relation to credit broking; (5) a communication with a borrower or a prospective borrower in relation to operating an electronic system in relation to lending; and (6) the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion to a borrower or a prospective borrower in relation to operating an electronic system in relation to lending..1.4 The clear fair and not misleading rule in CONC..1 and the general requirements rule in CONC..2 and the guidance in CONC..5 to CONC..11 also, unless a rule or guidance in those paragraphs specifies differently, apply to: (1) a communication with a customer in relation to debt counselling or debt adjusting; and (2) the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion in relation to debt counselling or debt adjusting. CONC /2 elease 1 Sep 2018

3 Section.1 : Application.1.4A Firms are reminded that the rules and guidance in CONC.9 also apply to financial promotions a customer in relation to debt counselling and debt adjusting..1.5 CONC..1 also applies to: (1) a communication with a customer in relation to a consumer hire agreement; (2) the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion in relation to a consumer hire agreement; and () a communication with a customer in relation to providing credit information services..1.6 CONC does not apply to: (1) a financial promotion or a communication which expressly or by implication indicates clearly that it is solely promoting credit agreements or consumer hire agreements or P2P agreements for the purposes in each case of a customer's business; (2) a financial promotion or a communication to the extent that it relates to qualifying credit; or () an excluded communication..1.7 (1) CONC does not apply (apart from the provisions in (2)) to a financial promotion or communication that consists of only one or more of the following: (a) the name or a trading name of the firm (or its appointed representative); (b) a logo; (c) a contact point (address (including address), telephone, facsimile number and website address); (d) a brief, factual description of the type of product or service provided by the firm. (2) The provisions in CONC which apply to a financial promotion or communication which falls within (1) are: (a) CONC.1, CONC.5.1 and CONC.6.1 (application); (b) CONC..1 (clear, fair and not misleading); (c) CONC.. (credit regardless of status); (d) CONC.5., CONC.5.5, CONC.6.6 (requirement for representative example or typical AP etc); (e) CONC.5.7 (other financial promotions requiring a representative AP); (f) CONC.5.12 (restricted expressions) and CONC.6.8 (restricted expressions); and elease 1 Sep CONC /

4 Section.1 : Application (g) any other rules in CONC which are necessary or expedient to apply the rules in (a) to (f)..1.8 CONC.1.7 (1) does not enable detailed information to be given about credit available from the firm. Firms should note that the image advertising exclusion in CONC.1.7 (1) is subject to compliance with the rules specified in (2), including the rules which require the inclusion of a representative AP in specified circumstances. A name or logo may trigger the requirement to include a representative AP. Firms should not include any information not referred to in CONC.1.7 (1) and should avoid the use of names, logos or addresses, for example, which attempt to convey additional product or costrelated information..1.9 Where? This chapter applies to a firm in relation to: (1) a communication with, or the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion to, a person in the UK; (2) the communication of an unsolicited real time financial promotion, unless it is made from a place, and for the purposes of a business which is only carried on, outside the UK; and () the communication or approval for communication of a financial promotion that is an electronic commerce communication to a person in an EEA State other than the UK; and for the purposes of the application of this chapter, it is immaterial whether the credit agreement or the consumer hire agreement to which the financial promotion or communication relates is subject to the law of a country outside the UK. CONC /4 elease 1 Sep 2018

5 Section.2 : Financial promotion general guidance.2 Financial promotion general guidance.2.1 The rules in this chapter adopt various concepts from the restriction on financial promotions by unauthorised persons in section 21(1) of the Act (estrictions on financial promotion). uidance on that restriction and the communications which are exempt from it is contained in PE 8 (Financial promotion and related activities) and that guidance will be relevant to interpreting these rules. In particular, guidance on the meaning of: (1) 'communicate' is in PE 8.6 (Communicate); and (2) 'invitation or inducement' and 'engage in investment activity' (two elements which, with 'communicate', make up the definition of 'financial promotion') is in PE 8.4 (Invitation or inducement)..2.2 The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) egulations 200 apply to unsolicited telephone calls, fax messages and electronic mail messages for direct marketing purposes. The Information Commissioner s Office has produced guidance on the egulations..2. Meaning of prominent For the purposes of this chapter, information or a statement included in a financial promotion or communication will not be treated as prominent unless it is presented, in relation to the other content of the financial promotion or communication, in such a way that it is likely that the attention of the average customer to whom the financial promotion or communication is directed would be drawn to it. elease 1 Sep CONC /5

6 Section. : The clear fair and not misleading rule and general requirements. The clear fair and not misleading rule and general requirements..1 (1) A firm must ensure that a communication or a financial promotion is clear, fair, and not misleading. [Note: paragraphs 2.2 of IL,.16 of DM and.1 of CB] (1A) A firm must ensure that each communication and each financial promotion: (a) is clearly identifiable as such; (b) is accurate; (c) is balanced and, in particular, does not emphasise any potential benefits of a product or service without also giving a fair and prominent indication of any relevant risks; (d) is sufficient for, and presented in a way that is likely to be understood by, the average member of the group to which it is directed, or by which it is likely to be received; and (e) does not disguise, omit, diminish or obscure important information, statements or warnings. (1B) A firm must ensure that, where a communication or financial promotion contains a comparison or contrast, the comparison or contrast is presented in a fair and balanced way and is meaningful. (2) If, for a particular communication or financial promotion, a firm takes reasonable steps to ensure it complies with (1), (1A) and (1B), a contravention does not give rise to a right of action under section 18D of the Act...2 eneral requirements A firm must ensure that a communication or a financial promotion: (1) uses plain and intelligible language; (2) is easily legible (or, in the case of any information given orally, clearly audible); () specifies the name of the person making the communication or communicating the financial promotion or the person on whose behalf the financial promotion is made; and CONC /6 elease 1 Sep 2018

7 Section. : The clear fair and not misleading rule and general requirements (4) in the case of a communication or financial promotion in relation to credit broking, specifies the name of the lender (where it is known). [Note: paragraph 4.8a of CB].. [Note: regulation of CCA 2004 and regulation of CCA 2010] (1) A firm must not in a financial promotion or a communication to a customer state or imply that credit is available regardless of the customer s financial circumstances or status. [Note: paragraphs.7o of CB and 5.2 of IL] (2) This rule does not apply to a financial promotion or communication relating to a credit agreement under which a person takes an article in pawn and the customer s total financial liability (including capital, interest and all other charges) is limited under the agreement to the proceeds of sale which would represent the true market value (within the meaning of section 121 of the CCA) of the article or articles pawned by the customer...4 (1) A firm's trading name, internet address or logo, in particular, could fall within CONC... [Note: paragraph 5.2 (box) of IL] (2) A statement or an implication that credit is guaranteed or preapproved, or is not subject to any credit checks or other assessment of creditworthiness, may contravene CONC... Firms are reminded of the requirements of CONC 5 (esponsible lending)...5 uidance on clear, fair and not misleading [deleted]..6 If a communication or a financial promotion names the FCA, PA or both as the regulator of a firm and refers to matters not regulated by the FCA, PA or both, the firm should ensure that the communication or financial promotion makes clear that those matters are not regulated by the FCA, PA or both...7 When communicating information, a firm should consider whether omission of any relevant fact will result in information given to the customer being insufficient, unclear, unfair or misleading...8 A comparison or contrast to which CONC..1(1B) applies may be a comparison or contrast with another person, or with another product or service, whether offered by the firm or by another person. elease 1 Sep CONC /7

8 Section. : The clear fair and not misleading rule and general requirements..9 A firm should in a financial promotion or other communication which includes a premium rate telephone number indicate in a prominent way the likely total cost of a premium rate call including the price per minute of a call, the likely duration of calls and the total cost a customer would incur if the customer calls for the full estimated duration.firms should note the effect of the call charges rule in EN 7. [Note: paragraphs.9h of CB and.18x (box) of DM]..10 Unfair business practices: financial promotions and communications Examples of practices that are likely to contravene the clear, fair and not misleading rule in CONC..1 include: (1) stating or implying that a firm is a lender (where this is not the case); [Note: paragraph.7e (box) of CB] (2) misleading a customer as to the availability of a particular credit product; [Note: paragraph.9p of CB () concealing or misrepresenting the identity or name of the firm; [Note: paragraph.7g (box) of CB (4) using false testimonials, endorsements or case studies; [Note: paragraph.18s of DM] (5) using false or unsubstantiated claims as to the firm's size or experience or pre-eminence; [Note: paragraph.18t of DM] (6) in relation to debt solutions, claiming or implying that a customer will be free of debt in a specified period of time or making statements emphasising a debt-free life or that a debt solution is a stress free or immediate solution; [Note: paragraphs.18u and.18v of DM] (7) providing online tools, which recommend a particular debt solution as suitable for a customer, such as, budget calculators or advice websites: (a) which do not carry out a sufficiently full assessment of a customer's financial position; or (b) which fail to provide clear warnings to a customer that financial data entered into a tool has to be accurate; [Note: paragraph.20c of DM] (8) emphasising any savings available to a customer by proposing to reschedule a customer's debts, without explaining that a lender is not obliged to accept less in settlement of the customer's debts than it is CONC /8 elease 1 Sep 2018

9 Section. : The clear fair and not misleading rule and general requirements entitled to, nor to freeze interest and charges and that the result may be to increase the total amount payable or the period over which it is to be paid and to impair the customer's credit rating; [Note: paragraph.18l of DM] (9) suggesting that a customer's repayments will be lower under a proposed agreement without also mentioning (where applicable) that the duration of the agreement will be longer or that the total amount payable will be higher. [Note: paragraph 5.1 of IL]..11 uidance on misleading introductions Misleading a customer as to the availability of a particular credit product is likely to include stating or implying that the firm will introduce the customer to a provider of a standard personal loan based on repayment by instalments or of an overdraft facility on a current account (for example, a bank or building society) or of a credit card, but instead introducing the customer to a provider of high-cost short-term credit. [Note: paragraph.9p (box) of CB] elease 1 Sep CONC /9

10 Section.4 : isk warning for high-cost short-term credit.4 isk warning for high-cost shortterm credit [Note: Until the end of 0 June 2014, transitional provisions apply to CONC.4: see CONC TP 1].4.1 isk warnings (1) A firm must not communicate or approve for communication a financial promotion in relation to high-cost short-term credit, unless it contains the following risk warning: Warning: Late repayment can cause you serious money problems. For help, go to moneyadviceservice.org.uk. (2) [deleted] () Instead of the website address in paragraph (1), a firm may include the Money Advice Service s logo registered community trade mark number EU (4) The risk warning must be included in a financial promotion in a prominent way..4.2 The Money Advice Service has granted a licence to use the logo referred to in CONC.4.1 () for the purposes of that rule. The terms of the licence are available from the Money Advice Service. CONC /10 elease 1 Sep 2018

11 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land.5 Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land.5.1 Application This section applies: (1) to a financial promotion in relation to consumer credit lending; (2) to a financial promotion in relation to credit broking in relation to regulated credit agreements; () to a financial promotion in relation to activities specified in article 6A(1)(a) or (c) of the egulated Activities Order in relation to what would be regulated credit agreements but for a relevant provision, but only where the firm also carries on such activities in relation to regulated credit agreements; and in each case, other than to financial promotions to the extent that they relate to agreements secured on land..5.2 Prohibition on financial promotion where goods etc. not sold for cash A financial promotion must not be communicated where it indicates a firm is willing to provide credit under a regulated restricted-use credit agreement relating to goods or services to be supplied by any person, when at the time the financial promotion is communicated, the firm or any supplier under such an agreement does not hold itself out as prepared to sell the goodsor provide the services (as the case may be) for cash. [Note: section 45 of CCA].5. Content of financial promotions (1) Where a financial promotion indicates a rate of interest or an amount relating to the cost of credit whether expressed as a sum of money or a proportion of a specified amount, the financial promotion must also: (a) include a representative example in accordance with CONC.5.5, and (b) specify a postal address at which the person making the financial promotion may be contacted. [Note: regulation 4(1) of CCA 2010] elease 1 Sep CONC /11

12 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where the financial promotion: (a) falls within CONC.5.7 ; and (b) does not indicate a rate of interest or an amount relating to the cost of credit other than the representative AP. [Note: regulation 4(2) of CCA 2010] Paragraph (1)(a) also does not apply where the financial promotion relates only to credit agreements in respect of which the AP is 0%. () Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to financial promotions: (a) communicated by means of television or radio broadcast; or (b) in any form on the premises of a dealer or lender, other than financial promotions in writing which are intended to take away; or (c) which include the name and address of a dealer; or (d) which include the name and postal address of a credit broker. [Note: regulation 4(1)b of CCA 2010].5.4 uidance on showing interest rates and cost of credit (1) A rate of interest for the purpose of CONC.5. (1) is not limited to an annual rate of interest but would include a monthly or daily rate or an AP. It would also include reference to 0% credit (but where the AP is 0% and CONC.5.(2A) applies, a representative example is not required). An amount relating to the cost of credit would include the amount of any fee or charge, or any repayment of credit (where it includes interest or other charges). [Note: paragraph 6.7 of BIS uidance on regulations implementing the Consumer Credit Directive] (2) If a rule in CONC.5 applies to a rate of interest or a charge, and the rate or charge applies for only a limited period, the duration of the period and the rate or amount following that period, if known or ascertainable, should be shown. [Note: paragraph 6.1 of BIS uidance on regulations implementing the Consumer Credit Directive].5.5 epresentative example (1) The representative example in CONC.5. (1) must comprise the following items of information: (a) the rate of interest, and whether it is fixed or variable or both, expressed as a fixed or variable percentage applied on an annual basis to the amount of credit drawn down; (b) the nature and amount of any other charge included in the total charge for credit; (c) the total amount of credit; (d) the representative AP; (e) in the case of credit in the form of a deferred payment for specific goods, services, land or other things, the cash price and the amount of any advance payment; CONC /12 elease 1 Sep 2018

13 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land (f) the duration of the agreement; (g) the total amount payable; and (h) the amount of each repayment of credit. [Note: regulation 5(1) of CCA 2010] [Note: article 4 of the Consumer Credit Directive] (2) The items of information required by (1)(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (g) must be those which the firm communicating or approving the financial promotion reasonably expects at the date on which the financial promotion is made to be representative of credit agreements to which the representative AP applies and which are expected to be entered into as a result of the promotion. [Note: regulation 5(2) of CCA 2010] () For (1)(e), the reference in (2) to credit agreements to which the representative AP applies is to agreements providing credit for the purchase of specific goods, services, land or other things, to which the representative AP applies. [Note: regulation 5() of CCA 2010] (4) For the purposes of (1)(a), where the credit agreement provides for different ways of drawdown with different rates of interest, the rate of interest shall be assumed to be the highest rate applied to the most common drawdown mechanism for the product to which the agreement relates. [Note: regulation 5(4) of CCA 2010] (5) The information required by (1) must be: (a) specified in a clear, concise and prominent way; (b) accompanied by the words representative example ; (c) presented together with each item of information being given equal prominence; and (d) given no less prominence than: (i) any other information relating to the cost of credit in the financial promotion, except for any statement relating to an obligation to enter into a contract for an ancillary service referred to in CONC.5.10 ; and (ii) any indication or incentive of a kind referred to in CONC.5.7. [Note: regulation 5(6) of CCA 2010] (6) A financial promotion for a credit agreement with no fixed duration is not required to include the duration of the agreement or the total amount payable or the amount of each repayment of credit. [Note: regulation 5(1)f of CCA 2010] elease 1 Sep CONC /1

14 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land (7) A financial promotion for an authorised non-business overdraft agreement is not required to include a representative AP. [Note: regulation 5(5) of CCA 2010].5.6 uidance on the representative example (1) The representative example in CONC.5.5 should not be limited to being representative of agreements featured in the financial promotion if the firm communicating or approving the financial promotion expects other agreements to be entered into as a result of the financial promotion, whether with the firm or with a third party. [Note: paragraph 6.8 of BIS uidance on regulations implementing the Consumer Credit Directive] (1A) Firms are referred to the lossary definition of representative AP and reminded that they should consider the agreements which they reasonably expect to be entered into (whether by the firm or by another person) as a result of the financial promotion, and ensure that the 51% test in that definition takes account of the AP of each of those agreements. The representative example in CONC.5.5 should be representative of agreements to which the representative AP applies. (1B) The example referred to in (1) is unlikely to be representative if, for example, most entering into agreements as a result of the financial promotion are likely to do so for a lower amount of credit than that indicated in the example, or with higher rates of interest or other charges than those indicated in the example. (2) Where the agreement provides for compounding, the rate of interest in CONC.5.5 (1) should generally be the effective annual interest rate and lenders should use the same assumptions to calculate this interest rate as they do for the AP; the assumptions set out in CONC App 1.2. If a firm uses a different rate to calculate the rate of interest in CONC.5.5 (1) it must clearly explain this to the customer, so that the customer is clear whether and to what extent the rate used is comparable with rates shown by other lenders. [Note: paragraph 6.1 of BIS uidance on regulations implementing the Consumer Credit Directive] () [deleted] (4) For charges other than interest which are included in the total charge for credit, the financial promotion should in each case make clear the nature of the charge and the amount of the charge if ascertainable or a reasonable estimate of the charge, making clear in that case it is an estimate. [Note: paragraph 6.1 of BIS uidance on regulations implementing the Consumer Credit Directive] (5) The total amount of credit equates to the sum available to the customer to use and does not include charges which are financed by the credit agreement; those are part of the total charge for credit. CONC /14 elease 1 Sep 2018

15 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land (6) For showing the cash price, the total cash price of all items should be shown, together with the price of each item individually. For the purposes of the lossary definition of cash price in this context, a discount will be treated as generally available if most paying in cash are likely to be, or would reasonably expect to be, offered or given the discount..5.7 Other financial promotions requiring a representative AP (1) A financial promotion must include the representative AP if it: (a) states or implies that credit is available to individuals who might otherwise consider their access to credit restricted; or (b) includes a favourable comparison relating to the credit, whether express or implied, with another person, product or service; or (c) includes an incentive to apply for credit or to enter into an agreement under which credit is provided. [Note: regulation 6 of CCA 2010] (2) The representative AP must be given no less prominence than any of the matters in (1). () This rule does not apply to a financial promotion: (a) for an authorised non-business overdraft agreement; or (b) for a credit agreement in respect of which the AP is 0%; or (c) for a credit agreement to be entered into by a community finance organisation as lender..5.8 (1) A firm s trading name, website address or logo could trigger the requirements in CONC.5.7(1). (2) For the purposes of CONC.5.7(1)(b), a comparison with another person, product or service includes a reference (whether stated or implied) to: (a) the terms on which, or the way in which, credit is offered or made available; or (b) the nature or quality or any other aspect of the service relating to the credit that the person offers or provides (or does not offer or provide). The financial promotion does not need to specify a particular person, product or service for there to be a comparison. () A financial promotion does not necessarily include a comparison where it merely refers to a person, product or service in a factual manner, but there will be an implied comparison for the purposes of CONC.5.7(1)(b) if it may reasonably be inferred that a comparison is being made. (4) A statement about matters such as the speed or ease of processing, considering or granting an application, of entering into an agreement, or of making funds available, may constitute an incentive for the purposes of CONC.5.7(1)(c). This will depend on the context elease 1 Sep CONC /15

16 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land of the statement and the circumstances in which it is made. A statement will be an incentive where it is likely to persuade or influence a customer to apply for credit or to enter into an agreement under which credit is provided, or is presented in a way which is likely to have that effect. (5) Other examples of things which could be incentives are gifts, special offers, discounts and rewards..5.9 Annual percentage rate of charge In a financial promotion: (1) an AP must be shown as %AP ; (2) where an AP is subject to change it must be accompanied by the word variable ; and () the representative AP must be accompanied by the word representative. [Note: regulation 7 of CCA 2010].5.10 Ancillary services (1) A financial promotion must include a clear, concise and prominent statement in respect of any obligation to enter into a contract for an ancillary service where: (a) the conclusion of that contract is compulsory in order to obtain the credit or to obtain it on the terms and conditions promoted; and (b) the cost of that ancillary service cannot be determined in advance. [Note: regulation 8 of CCA 2010] (2) The statement in (1) must be presented together with any representative AP included in the financial promotion. () This rule does not apply to a financial promotion for an authorised non-business overdraft agreement Security Where a financial promotion concerns a facility for which security is or may be required, the promotion must: (1) state that security is or may be required; and (2) specify the nature of the security. [Note: regulation 9 of CCA 2010] CONC /16 elease 1 Sep 2018

17 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land.5.12 estricted expressions (1) A financial promotion must not include: (a) the word overdraft or any similar expression as describing any agreement for running-account credit, except where an agreement enables a customer to overdraw on a current account; (b) the expression interest free or any similar expression indicating that a customer is liable to pay no greater amount in respect of a transaction financed by credit than he would be liable to pay as a cash purchaser for the like transaction, except where the total amount payable does not exceed the cash price; (c) the expression no deposit or any similar expression, except where no advance payments are to be; or (d) [deleted]; (e) the expression gift, present or any similar expression, except where there are no conditions which would require the customer to repay the credit or to return the item that is the subject of the claim. [Note: regulation 10 of CCA 2010] (2) A financial promotion must not include for a repayment of credit the expression weekly equivalent or any expression to like effect or any expression of any other periodical equivalent, unless weekly repayments or the other periodical payments are provided for under the agreement. () In this rule, cash purchaser means a person who, for money consideration, acquires goods, land or other things or is provided with services under a transaction which is not financed by credit..5.1 Total charge for credit and AP (1) Where a financial promotion is about running-account credit and the credit limit applicable is not yet known on the date the financial promotion is made, but it is known that it will be less than 1,200, the credit limit must be assumed to be an amount equal to that maximum limit. [Note: paragraph 1 of schedule to CCA 2010] (2) The assumption in (1) applies in place of the assumption in CONC App for the purpose of calculating the total charge for credit. Total charge for credit and AP: tolerances for AP () For a financial promotion, it is sufficient to show an AP if there is included in the promotion: (a) a rate which exceeds the AP by not more than one; or (b) a rate which falls short of the AP by not more than 0.1; or (c) where applicable, a rate determined in accordance with (4) or (5). elease 1 Sep CONC /17

18 Section.5 : Financial promotions about credit agreements not secured on land [Note: paragraph 2 of schedule to CCA 2010] Total charge for credit and AP: tolerance where repayments are nearly equal (4) Where an agreement under which all repayments but one are equal and that one repayment does not differ from any other repayment by more whole pence than there are repayments of credit, there may be included in a financial promotion about the agreement a rate found under CONC App as if that one repayment were equal to the other repayments to be made under the agreement. [Note: paragraph of schedule to CCA 2010] Total charge for credit and AP: tolerance regarding interval between relevant date and first repayment (5) Where a credit agreement provides that: (a) three or more repayments are to be made at equal intervals; and (b) the interval between the relevant date and the first repayment is greater than the interval between the repayments; a financial promotion about the agreement may include a rate found under CONC App as if the interval between the relevant date and the first repayment were shortened so as to be equal to the interval between the repayments. [Note: paragraph 4 of schedule to CCA 2010] (6) The relevant date in (5) is: (a) where a date on which the customer is entitled to require provision of the subject of a credit agreement is specified in or can be determined from the agreement, the earliest such date; (b) in any other case, the date of making the agreement. CONC /18 elease 1 Sep 2018

19 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land.6 Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land.6.1 Application This section applies: (1) to a financial promotion in relation to consumer credit lending in relation to regulated credit agreements secured on land; and (2) to a financial promotion in relation to credit broking in relation to regulated credit agreements secured on land; and in both cases other than financial promotions to the extent that they relate to qualifying credit..6.2 Definitions In this section, for a financial promotion relating to credit to be provided under a credit agreement relevant date means: (1) in a case where a date is specified in or determinable under the agreement at the date of its making as that on which the customer is entitled to require provision of anything the subject of the agreement, the earliest such date; and (2) in any other case, the date of the making of the agreement..6. Prohibition on financial promotion where goods etc not sold for cash A financial promotion must not be communicated where it indicates a firm is willing to provide credit under a regulated restricted-use credit agreement secured on land relating to goods or services to be supplied by any person, when at the time the financial promotion is communicated, the firm or any supplier under such an agreement does not hold itself out as prepared to sell the goods or provide the services (as the case may be) for cash. [Note: section 45 of CCA].6.4 Content of financial promotions (1) Where a financial promotion includes any of the amounts referred to in (5) to (7) of CONC.6.10 the promotion must: elease 1 Sep CONC /19

20 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land (a) include all the other items of information (other than any item inapplicable to the particular case) listed in CONC.6.10 ; and (b) specify a postal address at which the person making the promotion may be contacted, except in the case of a financial promotion: (i) communicated by means of television or radio broadcast; (ii) in any form on the premises of a lender or dealer (other than a financial promotion in writing which are intended to take away); (iii) which includes the name and address of a dealer; or (iv) which includes the name and a postal address of a credit broker. [Note: regulation 4(1) of CCA 2004] (2) The items of information listed in CONC.6.10 must be given equal prominence and must be shown together as a whole. [Note: regulation 4(2) of CCA 2004] () Any information in any book, catalogue, leaflet or other document which is likely to vary from time to time must be taken for the purpose of (2) to be shown together as a whole if: (a) it is set out together as a whole in a separate document issued with the book, catalogue, leaflet or other document; (b) the other information in the financial promotion is shown together as a whole in the book, catalogue, leaflet or other document; and (c) the book, catalogue, leaflet or other document identifies the separate document in which the information likely to vary is set out. [Note: regulation 4() of CCA 2004].6.5 Statements in relation to security (1) Where a financial promotion concerns a facility for which security is or may be required, the promotion must: (a) state that security is or may be required; and (b) specify the nature of the security. [Note: regulation 7(1) of CCA 2004] (2) Where, in the case of a financial promotion, the security comprises or may comprise a mortgage or charge on a property used by the customer as a dwelling (whether or not the customer s primary residence): (a) except where (c) applies, the financial promotion must contain a warning in the form: YOU HOME MAY BE EPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP EPAYMENTS ON A MOTAE O ANY OTHE DEBT SECUED ON IT ; CONC /20 elease 1 Sep 2018

21 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land (b) where the financial promotion indicates that credit is available for the payment of debts due to other lenders, the warning in (a) must be preceded by the words: THINK CAEFULLY BEFOE SECUIN OTHE DEBTS AAINST YOU HOME. (c) where the credit agreement is or would be an agreement of a kind described in (), the financial promotion must contain a warning in the form: CHECK THAT THIS MOTAE WILL MEET YOU NEEDS IF YOU WANT TO MOVE O SELL YOU HOME O YOU WANT YOU FAMILY TO INHEIT IT. IF YOU AE IN ANY DOUBT, SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE. [Note: regulation 7(2) of CCA 2004] () The kinds of agreement in (2)(c) are: (a) any credit agreement under which no instalment repayments secured by the mortgage on the customer's home, and no payment of interest on the credit (other than interest charged when all or part of the credit is repaid voluntarily by the customer), are due or capable of becoming due while the customer continues to occupy the mortgaged land as the customer's main residence; and (b) any credit agreement: (i) which is secured by a mortgage which the lender cannot enforce by taking possession of or selling (or concurring with any other person in selling) the mortgaged land or any part of it while the customer continues to occupy it as the customer's main residence; and (ii) under which, although interest payments may become due, no full or partial repayment of the credit secured by the mortgage is due or capable of becoming due while the customer continues to occupy the mortgaged land as the customer's main residence. [Note: regulation 7() of CCA 2004] (4) Where a financial promotion is for a mortgage or other loan secured on property and repayments are to be made in a currency other than sterling, the financial promotion must contain a warning in the form: CHANES IN THE EXCHANE ATE MAY INCEASE THE STELIN EQUIVALENT OF YOU DEBT. [Note: regulation 7(4) of CCA 2004] (5) The warnings provided for in (2) and (4): (a) must be given greater prominence in a financial promotion than is given to: (i) any rate of charge other than the typical AP; and (ii) any indication or incentive of a kind referred to in CONC.6.6 (1); and elease 1 Sep CONC /21

22 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land (b) must be given no less prominence in a financial promotion than is given to any of the items listed in CONC.6.10 that appear in the financial promotion. [Note: regulation 7(6) of CCA 2004] (6) Paragraphs (2), (), (4) and (5) do not apply in the case of a financial promotion which: (a) is communicated by means of television or radio broadcast in the course of programming the primary purpose of which is not financial promotion; or (b) is communicated by exhibition of a film (other than exhibition by television broadcast); or (c) contains only the name of the firm communicating the financial promotion. [Note: regulation 7(8) of CCA 2004].6.6 Annual percentage rate of charge (1) A financial promotion must specify the typical AP if the promotion: (a) specifies any other rate of charge; (b) includes any of the items of information listed in CONC.6.10 (5) to (7); (c) indicates in any way, whether expressly or by implication, including by means of the name given to a business or of an address used by a business for the purposes of electronic communication, that: (i) credit is available to persons who might otherwise consider their access to credit restricted; or (ii) any of the terms on which credit is available is more favourable (either for a limited period or generally) than corresponding terms applied in any other case or by any otherlender; or (iii) the way in which the credit is offered is more favourable (either for a limited period or generally) than corresponding ways used in any other case or by any otherlender; or (d) includes any incentive (including but not limited to, gifts, special offers, discounts and rewards) to apply for credit or to enter into an agreement under which credit is provided; [Note: regulation 8(1) of CCA 2004] (e) includes an incentive (in the form of a statement about the speed or ease of, processing, considering or granting an application or of making funds available) to apply for credit or to enter into an agreement under which credit is provided. (2) A financial promotion may not indicate the range of APs charged where credit is provided otherwise than by specifying, with equal prominence, both: CONC /22 elease 1 Sep 2018

23 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land (a) the AP which the firm communicating or approving the financial promotion reasonably expects, at the date on which the promotion is communicated or approved, would be the lowest AP at which credit would be provided under not less than 10% of the agreements which will be entered into as a result of that promotion; and (b) the AP which the firm communicating or approving the financial promotion reasonably expects, at that date, would be the highest AP at which credit would be provided under any of the agreements which will be entered into as a result of that promotion. [Note: regulation 8(2) of CCA 2004] () An AP must be shown as %AP. [Note: regulation 8() of CCA 2004] (4) Where an AP is subject to change it must be accompanied by the word variable. [Note: regulation 8(4) of CCA 2004] (5) The typical AP in a financial promotion must be: (a) accompanied by the word typical ; (b) presented together with any of the items listed in CONC.6.10 that are included in the promotion; (c) given greater prominence in the promotion than: (i) any other rate of charge; (ii) any items listed in CONC.6.10 ; and (iii) any indication or incentive of a kind referred to in (1); and (d) in the case of a promotion in printed or electronic form which includes any of the items listed in CONC.6.10, shown in characters at least one and a half times the size of the characters in which those items appear. [Note: regulation 8(5) of CCA 2004] (6) In the case of a financial promotion relating to a borrower-lender agreement enabling the customer to overdraw on a current account under which the lender is the Bank of England or an authorised person with permission to accept deposits, there may be substituted for the typical AP a reference to the statement of: (a) a rate, expressed to be a rate of interest, being a rate determined as the rate of the total charge for credit calculated on the assumption that only interest is included in the total charge for credit, and (b) the nature and amount of any other charge included in the total charge for credit. [Note: regulation 8(6) of CCA 2004] elease 1 Sep CONC /2

24 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land.6.7 Whether or not a reference to speed or ease in CONC.6.6 (1)(e) constitutes an incentive to apply for credit or enter into an agreement under which credit is provided would depend upon the circumstances, including whether it is likely to persuade or influence a customer to take those steps or is merely a factual statement about the product or service..6.8 estricted expressions (1) A financial promotion must not include: (a) the word overdraft or any similar expression as describing any agreement for running-account credit, except where the agreement enables a customer to overdraw on a current account; (b) the expression interest free or any similar expression indicating that a customer is liable to pay no greater amount in respect of a transaction financed by credit than he would be liable to pay as a cash purchaser for the like transaction, except where the total amount payable by the customer does not exceed the cash price; (c) the expression no deposit or any similar expression, except where no advance payments are to be made; (d) the expression loan guaranteed or pre-approved or no credit checks or any similar expression, except where the agreement is free of any conditions regarding the credit status of the customer; (e) the expression gift, present or any similar expression, except where there are no conditions which would require the customer to repay the credit or return the item that is the subject of the claim. [Note: regulation 9 of CCA 2004] (2) A financial promotion must not include for a repayment of credit the expression weekly equivalent or any expression to like effect or any expression of any other periodical equivalent, unless weekly repayments or the other periodical payments are provided for under the agreement. () In this rule cash purchaser means a person who for money consideration acquires goods, land or other things or is provided with services, under a transaction which is not financed by credit..6.9 Total charge for credit and any AP: assumptions about running account credit (1) In the case of a financial promotion about running-account credit, the following assumptions have effect for the purpose of calculating the total charge for credit and any AP, notwithstanding the terms of the transaction advertised and in place of any assumptions in CONC App to CONC App that might otherwise apply: (a) the amount of the credit to be provided must be taken to be 1,500 or, in a case where credit is to be provided subject to a credit limit of less than 1,500, an amount equal to that limit; (b) it must be assumed that the credit is provided for a period of one year beginning with the relevant date; CONC /24 elease 1 Sep 2018

25 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land (c) it must be assumed that the credit is provided in full on the relevant date; (d) where the rate of interest will change at a time provided in the transaction within a period of three years beginning with the relevant date, the rate must be taken to be the highest rate at any time obtaining under the transaction in that period; (e) where the agreement provides credit to finance the purchase of goods, services, land or other things and also provides one or more of: (i) cash loans; (ii) credit to refinance existing indebtedness of the customer, whether to the lender or another person; and (iii) credit for any other purpose; and either or both different rates of interest and different charges are payable for the credit provided for all or some of these purposes, it must be assumed that the rate of interest and charges payable for the whole of the credit are those applicable to the provision of credit for the purchase of goods, services, land or other things; and (f) it must be assumed that the credit is repaid: (i) in twelve equal instalments; and (ii) at monthly intervals, beginning one month after the relevant date. [Note: paragraph 1 of schedule 1 to CCA 2004] Total charge for credit and any AP: tolerances in disclosure of an AP (2) For the purposes of CONC.6, it is sufficient compliance with the requirement to show an AP if there is included in the financial promotion: (a) a rate which exceeds the AP by not more than one; or (b) a rate which falls short of the AP by not more than 0.1; or in a case to which () or (4) applies, a rate determined in accordance with those sub-paragraphs or whichever of them applies to that case. [Note: paragraph 2 of schedule 1 to CCA 2004] Total charge for credit and any AP: tolerance where repayments are nearly equal () In the case of an agreement under which all repayments but one are equal and that one repayment does not differ from any other repayment by more whole pence than there are repayments of credit, there may be included in a financial promotion about the agreement a rate found under CONC App as if that one repayment were equal to the other repayments to be made under the agreement. [Note: paragraph of schedule 1 to CCA 2004] Total charge for credit and any AP: tolerance of interval between relevant date and first repayment elease 1 Sep CONC /25

26 Section.6 : Financial promotions about credit agreements secured on land (4) In the case of an agreement under which: (a) three or more repayments are to be made at equal intervals; and (b) the interval between the relevant date and the first repayment is greater than the interval between the repayments; a financial promotion about the agreement may include a rate found under CONC App as if the interval between the relevant date and the first repayment were shortened so as to be equal to the interval between repayments. [Note: paragraph 4 of schedule 1 to CCA 2004].6.10 Information that CONC.6.4(1) may require to be included in a financial promotion (1) The amount of credit which may be provided under a credit agreement or an indication of one or both of the maximum amount and the minimum amount of credit which may be provided. [Note: paragraph 1 of schedule 2 to CCA 2004] Deposit of money in an account (2) A statement of any requirement to place on deposit any sum of money in any account with any person. Cash price [Note: paragraph 2 of schedule 2 to CCA 2004] () In the case of a financial promotion about credit to be provided under a borrower-lender-supplier agreement, where the financial promotion specifies goods, services, land or other things having a particular cash price, the acquisition of which from an identified dealer may be financed by the credit, the cash price of such goods, services, land or other things. [Note: paragraph of schedule 2 to CCA 2004] Advance payment (4) A statement as to whether an advance payment is required and, if so, the amount or minimum amount of the payment expressed as a sum of money or a percentage. [Note: paragraph 4 of schedule 2 to CCA 2004] Frequency, number and amount of repayments of credit (5) (a) In the case of a financial promotion about running-account credit, a statement of the frequency of the repayments of credit under the transaction and of the amount of each repayment stating whether it is a fixed or minimum amount, or a statement indicating the manner in which the amount will be determined. CONC /26 elease 1 Sep 2018

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